by Paul Ogata | Nov 20, 2014 | Blog
Ages and ages ago (I am old) I grew up on a steady diet of reruns of Fat Albert cartoons. This was my introduction to Bill Cosby. Actually, it was pretty much all I knew about Bill Cosby at the time besides his commercials for Coke or Jell-O. Saturday mornings were a...
by Paul Ogata | Nov 9, 2014 | Blog, Video
Tourists from remote parts of China come to Beijing to see things they cannot see in their home towns. You know, things like The Forbidden Palace. And white people. While walking around the Palace with American comedian (and current Beijing resident) Gus Tate, I was...
by Paul Ogata | Nov 8, 2014 | Blog
The World Health Organization (aka WHO) has developed a set of measurements for air pollution. It ranges from 0-50 being “excellent,” all the way to 300+ which is “don’t even go outside.” When I got to Beijing last week, it was almost...
by Paul Ogata | Nov 3, 2014 | Blog
Back in April, when I was last in mainland China doing shows, I told you about the crazy English translations on Chinese menus. Well, I’m back in Beijing this week and caught more of these wonders of culinary miscommunication. They have to be joking, right?...
by Paul Ogata | Oct 7, 2014 | Blog
Many of you have asked for an update on the Qantas situation. So here we go. To catch you up on what happened: 1) I flew to Australia on Qantas and encountered a racist flight attendant. 2) I complained about it on my website/Twitter/Facebook. 3) Qantas suggested I...
